2018 Mock Caldecott

Every year, the Association of Library Services to Children, a division of the American Library Association, awards the Caldecott Medal to the artist(s) of the most distinguished American children’s picture book.

Criteria for the Award

The book must provide the child with a visual experience, one that unifies story elements, such as plot and theme, cohesively through the series of pictures.

Children must be the target audience, with childhood being defined as up to fourteen years of age. Books within this entire age range may be considered, but the intended age group’s understandings, abilities, and appreciations should be taken into consideration.

“Distinguished” is

marked by eminence and distinction; noted for significant achievement

marked by excellence in quality

marked by conspicuous eminence

individually distinct

The work must be original; illustrations reprinted or coupled are ineligible

The work must be published in the United States; original publications from other countries are ineligible

The work must be published in the previous year

The artist must be a United States citizen or have an established, maintained residence in the United States

The artist’s entire body of work may not be taken into consideration.

from ALSC guidelines for the Caldecott Medal (ala.org/awards) with some emphasis from me

Discussion Dates

Tuesday, September 18

Tuesday, October 16

Tuesday, November 13

Tuesday, December 18

Tuesday, January 8

Tuesday, January 22

For each of these dates, a curated list of titles has been selected for reading and discussion. However, if you read a book that meets the criteria, and would like to bring it forward for inclusion and discussion, please submit the title to Joe (jjprinc@bgsu.edu). He will add it to one of the weekly discussion lists. You do not need to attend every meeting!

All discussion will take place at the Curriculum Resource Center at 3:30 PM in Room 210B. Please arrive having read at least half the books for that particular month. If you are unable to make the meeting but would like to submit your reactions to the texts for consideration, please email Joe.

All books on these curated lists are available on reserve at the CRC.

On our final meeting, Tuesday, January 22, following the guidelines of the ALSC, we will discuss all titles and cast our ballots to determine our winner (and any honors). The actual award will be announced on Monday, January 28. We will livestream the awards in the CRC that morning!

How to order books from OhioLink

If the CRC does not have a copy of the book you'd like to read, consider getting the book through OhioLink.